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Build Your Future (Construction Trades Training Program)
Build Your Future is a construction trades program designed to support newcomers and refugees to secure employment in construction-related employment and apprenticeship trades through a multi-stakeholder, holistic program model. It will focus on newcomers and refugees with prior skilled and semi-skilled trades experience from their home country. Working closely with key industry partners, the ANC offers carpentry focused training relevant to the construction industry.
Length of the program: 18 Weeks
Schedule: Offered every 4 months
Goals
- Participants develop an employment action plan
- Participants receive training in the construction trades
- Participants gain valuable work experience and job search support
- Program promotes the development of transferable skills and lifelong learning.
- Participants obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency
- Participants receive formal training and mentorship
Teaching Points
- Training
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Paid internships
- Prospects of jobs in local construction companies
- Networking in the construction industry
Our Advisors
- Dev Leonard, President – NorthBrook construction
- Jackie Manuel, P.Eng, Chief Executive Officer, NLCSA
- Dean Byrne, Manager, Industrial Training, The Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, Apprenticeship and Trades Certification Division
- Max Day, CAN-AM Platforms and Construction Ltd
Our Sponsors
Our Partners
For partnerships, contact:
Mahfuzul Haque
Project Lead
Email: mhaque@ancnl.ca
To apply to the program, contact:
Nataliya Boyko
Program Facilitator
Email: specialprograms@ancnl.ca